Card-index device



. v J. H. RAND, JR CARD INDE);l DEv'IcE Filed Dec. '6, 19`2 jay.

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Patented Noy. 16,-i1926.

UNITED STATES JAMES H. RAND, Je., or TONAWANDA, NEW YORK. j

CARD-INDEX DEVICE.

`Application led December 6,1922. Serial No. 605,325.

This invention relates to card index or record devices and more particularly to card, label, or index slip holdingand displaying members. y A

Heretofore card pockets or holders have been provided having at one ledge a sheath of Celluloid or other suitable transparent material'. Index or record cards have also been provided with similar Vsheaths adapted to receive slips, labels or the like. Large quantities of Celluloid are used in the manufacture of these articles and Celluloid constitutes one of the most costly items of expense in the production of these cards or In these devices, the celluloid sheath forms a pocket on one or more faces of the card and into which cards or slips may be inserted, and in order to secure .these sheaths on the cards or holders it has been customary to fasten the sheaths to the paper or other material of which the card is made by means of wires, Wire staples an'd the like. In cards or holders having a pocket at one side ofthe card, in order to effect a firm securement of the sheath to the card or holder, the rear side of the Celluloid sheath is stapled t o the card or holder at a point approximately centrally of its length. This has necessitated making the rear sides of the sheaths of greater Width than the front por-` tions thereof so that the rear side of the sheath may be stapled to the card or holder above the free. edge of the sheath forming the pocket at the front of the card. In these constructions the rear side of the sheath Which must be considerably Wider than the front or pocket forming portion of tlie sheath, serves no function other than to assist in securing the sheath on the card or holder and contains a much greater quantity of Celluloid than the pocket-forming portion of the sheath at the front of the card holder. A The staples positioned centrally of the card or holder, by rubbing against adjacent cards or the sheath-s of adjacent cards or holders when the devices are in use, te'nds to mar or damage `those members.

A .The objects of the present invention are to provide a card index member having a card or label receiving and displaying sheath which relatively inexpensive to produce; also to; vide a card or card-holder having a card "or label receiving and displaying sheath having improved means for securlng the sheath to the card or holder; also to provide. a card or card-holder having a sheath for receiving and'displaying a card or label 1n which a securing means for fastening the sheath on the card or holder opcrates to retain the *card4 or slip in position in the sheath; also to provide improvements in devices of this kind in the other respects hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a. face view of a card index member provided with an improved sheath constructed in accordance with this invention` with-a card in place therein.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rear View thereof on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 1.v

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective viewl showing the improved means for securing vthe sheath to a card or card holder.

vthe like, 'or'. the edge of a card 12 supported on the member 10. VIn this device the amount of Celluloid or other sheath-forming material is reduced to a minimum andthe rear side of the sheath-forming material 13, mstead of extending on the card or holder to a position beyond the free edge of the pocket-forming portion 1.1 of the sheath, ex-y tends only so far as is necessary toleffect proper attachment tothe member 10. 'Ihe sheath is provided with opposite parts or portions gripping a portion of the member 10. These. parts or portions are preferably integral with the sheath. For this purpose inthe embodiment illustrated, the portion 13 of the sheath is provided with one or more tongues 14 spaced from the bottom 15 of the sheath and preferably formed as integral,

cut-out4 parts of the portion 13, and the 'member 10 is provideclvvith suitable apertures-16. The tongues enter the apertures or openings 16 ofthe member 10 and are bent over the edges Vof the apertures or openings at the opposite side of the member 10 from the sheath portion 13. This construction with the integral tongues extending over into the pocket, leaves no projecting parts on the rear side of the card or holder and effectively secures the sheath on the card or holder, a portion of the member 10 ,being securely gripped between the bottom 15of the sheath and the sheath relatively to member 10 transversely of'that member.

Any suitable number of these tongues and openings in the card or holder may be provided and the tongues in addition to secur` ing the sheath on the holder, assist in retaining the cards or label slips in the pocket,

- as is apparent from Fig. 3 of the drawings wherein there is illustrated a card insertedV in the pocket, the tongues 14 frictionally engaging the cards and tendingto prevent removal ofthe cards from the pocket.' As illustrated, the tongues are preferably bent downwardly, thereby permitting relatively free insertion of the cards or the like, but, as heretofore stated, tending to prevent 'removal of the same. A

As best illustrated in Fig. 4, if desired, the openings in the member 10 may be made of greater length than the width of the tongues, thus permitting a limited amount of lengthwise movement of the sheath relatively to the card or holder. Y j

If desired, the sheath may be provided with a suitable projecting `resilient part or parts adapted to assist in retaining a card or slip in the pocket, such as described and. claimed in my application Ser. N o. 606,444, filed December 12, 1922, aS for example, the inwardly extending rib 18 in the form illustrated. This rib 18 functions to fric-tionally retain a card or slip in the pocket and cooperates With the tongues 14` to hold the card 'or slip 1n place, the rib engaging one side of the card and the turned-over tongues engaging the opposite side of the card.

Suitable provision may be made for closing the ends of the pocket. As illustrated in Fig. 1j, this may be done by means of staples or the lile` 17, which staples in addition to closing the ends of the sheaths` may, if demomma sired, be lattached to member 10, as shown. In the claims the card or card holder isA referred to generally as aholding member forthe purpose of holding or supporting the sheath or pocket. l

-I claim as my invention j 1 In an inde'xdevice, a holding member, a sheath ou an edge of said holding member, said sheath having a portion forming a pocket for receiving an insert and a portion of less width than said pocket-forming portion, said holding member being provided with apertures, and parts o n said last-named sheath portion projecting through saidapertures and engaging an yedge thereof, said parts being ot' less ii'idfth vthan said edge whereby.1 said sheath is scured on said holding member and a limited movement of said sheath relatively to said holding member is permitted. 4

2. 1n an index device, a holding member, a sheath straddling an edge of said holding member, said sheath having at one'side of said holding member a pocket-forming portion and un attaching portion at the other side of said holding member, said attaching portion having integral parts extending through said holding member into said pocket and gripping said holding member to retain said sheath on said holding meinber, and an olfset portion on said pocketforming portion projecting toward said holding member for frictionally engaging an insert in said pocket.

In'an index device, a holdingmember,

a sheath on an edge of said holdingy member,l

said sheath having a portion at one side of said holding member forming a pocket for receiving an insert,v an attaching portion, a part on said attaching portion extending into said pocket for preventing unintentiona removal of an'insert from said pocket, and a projection on said pocket-forming portion cooperating with said attaching portion part for retaining an insert'in the pocket.

JAMES H. RAND, JR. 

